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[Brian Pang]

what reason other than portability ease (moving from server1 with
short_open_tags=on => server2 with short_open_tags=off) is there for
having short_open_tags=on??

I mean, why sacrifice the "sexiness" of <?=$var?> ?
We're programmers, we need all the help we can get! ;)


> 
> 
> John Lacey wrote:
> > It is best to code with the short_open tags set to "Off", and use <?php 
> > in all cases, but again, if using someone else's code, they may have to 
> > remain on.  This option will be defaulted to "Off" in a future release, 
> > I believe.
> 
> This one slipped past my previous post.  I agree that always using
long opening tags are the way to go, but turning this to off prevents
sexiness like this:
> 
> <li><?=$somevar?></li>
> 
> One of the conundrums of php I guess :)
> 
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